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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 733771" data-attributes="member: 12952">Report: American Soldiers in Afghanistan Ordered to Patrol With&nbsp; Their Weapons Unloaded…(Human Events)- Commanders have ordered a&nbsp; U.S. military unit in Afghanistan to patrol with unloaded weapons,&nbsp; according to a source in Afghanistan.“The idea that any combat unit would conduct any operation,&nbsp; including patrolling and even manning a security post—in which direct&nbsp; action may or may not take place—and not having weapons loaded, borders&nbsp; on being criminally negligent in my opinion,” says Lt. Col. W.&nbsp; Thomas Smith Jr., a recognized expert on terrorism and military issues.&nbsp; “This is nothing more than infusing politically correct restrictions&nbsp; into already overly restrictive rules of engagement. And this PC&nbsp; nonsense is going to get people killed.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 733771, member: 12952"] [B]Report: American Soldiers in Afghanistan Ordered to Patrol With Their Weapons Unloaded…[/B] (Human Events)[B]- Commanders have ordered a U.S. military unit in Afghanistan to patrol with unloaded weapons, according to a source in Afghanistan. “The idea that any combat unit would conduct any operation, including patrolling and even manning a security post—in which direct action may or may not take place—and not having weapons loaded, borders on being criminally negligent in my opinion,”[/B] says Lt. Col. W. Thomas Smith Jr., a recognized expert on terrorism and military issues. “This is nothing more than infusing politically correct restrictions into already overly restrictive rules of engagement. And this PC nonsense is going to get people killed.” [/QUOTE]

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